Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/8925433/Top-10-pet-insurance-claims
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Top 10 pet insurance claims - money - business | Stuff.co.nz
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Top 10 pet insurance claims. REBECCA STEVENSON. Last updated 05:00 17/07/2013. pet insurance. Getty Images. PETS FEELING POORLY: The list of unusual Kiwi pet insurance claims is crammed with foolhardy dogs and madcap cats.
Online Gambling ?Single Worst Threat? to Land-based Casinos ...
July 16, 2013
Ader Investment Management boss (and former IGT nemesis) Jason Ader says online gambling represents an existential threat to its brick-and-mortar counterparts. On Monday, Ader made an appearance on the CNBC network?s Talking Numbers segment, during which he described online gambling as ?probably the single worst threat to land-based casinos that I?ve seen in 20-plus years.?
Ader (pictured right, having just been targeted for destruction by an online gambling operator) cautioned that it wasn?t yet clear how regulated US online gambling would present itself, whether it would be limited to poker-only or full-on casino gaming. But Ader warned that ?if you?re able to bring wagering ? sports wagering, poker, baccarat, slots ? real money to people?s homes, it?s going to have a devastating consequence on riverboat gaming, Native American gaming, [and] Las Vegas.? (Translation: to hell with Atlantic City.)
Asked why brick-and-mortar casino companies shouldn?t welcome the option to extend their businesses online, Ader suggested that ?who at the end of the day owns online customers, I?d argue, is much more connected to Google?s business, Facebook?s business, Amazon?s business ? The online players really have the competitive advantage in getting online customers. They, to me, seem like they may well be the hidden beneficiaries to the extent we get a proliferation of online gaming and again, it comes at the expense of the land-based operators.?
It?s worth noting that Ader is a board member of Las Vegas Sands, whose boss Sheldon Adelson?s antipathy toward online gambling is the stuff of comedic legend. The online/land-based zero-sum paradigm espoused by the LVS clique has long been rubbished by the man whose name this site bears, and similar sentiments were recently espoused by Peter Brooks, president and COO of Genting UK, which, until Rank Group acquired 19 Gala Casinos? properties, was the UK?s biggest land-based casino operator.
Speaking at the recent World Gaming Executive Summit, Brooks said ?online does not cannibalize land-based, for us. The experiences on offer are very different. One ? online ? is a solo experience and the other is a social experience.? Brooks said land-based customers weren?t ?drawn to online gambling to the detriment of the land-based industry.? As someone speaking from a market in which the full range of online gambling products has been peacefully co-existing with their brick-and-mortar forebears for years, Brooks presumably has some idea of what he?s talking about.
Source: http://calvinayre.com/2013/07/16/business/online-gambling-single-worst-threat-to-land-based-casinos/
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Monday, July 15, 2013
Imaging electron pairing in a simple magnetic superconductor
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Using a technique to measure the energy required for electrons to pair up and how that energy varies with direction, scientists have identified the factors needed for magnetically mediated superconductivity?as well as those that aren?t.
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Malian troops to open France's Bastille Day parade
PARIS (AP) -- Troops from 13 African countries that took part in the French-led war against al-Qaida-linked extremists in Mali marched with the French military during the Bastille Day parade in Paris on Sunday to honor their role in the conflict.
U.N. troops in blue berets who are helping to stabilize the west African nation of Mali also paraded with thousands of other soldiers down the Champs-Elysees Avenue in France's annual tribute to military might. It marks the storming of the Bastille prison July 14, 1789, by angry Paris crowds that helped spark the French Revolution.
Despite the triumphal display, which included flyovers by fighter jets, tanks and giant trucks mounted with land-to-air defense systems, the realities in Mali suggest that President Francois Hollande's military intervention has had mixed results.
The mission he launched in January helped the Malian government retake control of much of the country from al-Qaida-linked extremists who had seized northern Mali and threatened the capital. The nation is to hold elections July 28, but tensions involving rebel Tuaregs in the north linger, along with political instability.
Sunday's events, however, focused on the positive.
"It's a victory that was won," Hollande said in an interview after the parade with the France 2 and TF-1 television stations in the garden of the presidential Elysee Palace. "Look at what happened. It was a victory for Africa, a victory against terrorism, and pride that we must have."
He said earlier the presence of African troops in Paris on the French national day was a "tribute to those who actively helped to banish terrorism from the Malian territory."
Referring to trips he's made to Africa, including a February visit to Mali, four weeks after the start of the French intervention, Hollande said, "I was saluted in Africa, not for what I said but for what I did."
He noted that some extremists once lodged in Mali escaped into southern Libya and other neighboring countries. He said those nations need support, "but we won't make war everywhere."
Hollande oversaw the display of military might that France rolls out each year on Bastille Day with Mali interim President Dioncounda Traore and U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon at his sides. Defense ministers from the African nations represented in the parade also were present.
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said before the parade that the display is "the mark of a solidarity that concretely expressed itself in Mali, and of a common destiny, even beyond the limits of continents, of which we have every reason to be proud."
But some critics say the Mali operation and African presence in the parade reflect France's ambiguous and sometimes patronizing relations with the continent -especially with former colonies such as Mali - often referred to as "Francafrique."
The French non-governmental organization Survie, which is fighting against neocolonialism, condemned "the self-proclaimed role of gendarme of Africa that France claimed in Mali."
"This parade gives a scent of victory to a military operation which is far from being reasonably presented like that, given the numerous shadows that surround it and the remaining uncertainties concerning its outcome," said Fabrice Tarrit, the president of the association.
The critics also include Africans.
"Knowing the history of France, especially French armies with Africa, it doesn't sound good," said Senegalese rapper Keyti, whose real name is Cheikh Sene, 40.
"This last decade we've been trying to be really independent from the French army, especially since they had camps in certain countries around Africa," he said. "And now with what happened in Mali, what's still happening there, it's like they found another way to come in."
Around 50 Malian troops marched in formation Sunday followed by soldiers from Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad and Togo.
They were followed by troops from the U.N. stabilization mission in Mali, which took over the French-led military operation on July 1. Some French soldiers who participated in the Mali operation, called Serval, also marched, and aircraft used in Mali, notably to provide cover for ground troops, were featured in the air display.
France had more than 4,000 troops at the height of the campaign, and is now gradually reducing that. France will keep about 1,000 soldiers in Mali after the end of 2013.
In all, 4,800 troops marched in front of the presidential stage Sunday, along with 241 horses, 265 vehicles and 58 planes.
Bringing up the rear was an array of 35 helicopters, used in wartime and for civilian missions. Precision parachutists landed in front of the presidential stand to close the parade.
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Associated Press writer Elaine Ganley in Paris and Robbie Corey-Boulet in Dakar, Senegal, contributed to the report.
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Sunday, July 14, 2013
Video: Barney Frank Reacts to Jamie Dimon
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Saturday, July 13, 2013
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Vine for Android updated with capture widget
Vine, one of the popular services for creating short, looping videos to share among your social network buddies has updated its Android application. The latest version of Vine for Android comes with a host of new features along with few performance improvements and bug fixes.
The update brings the Android app on par with the iPhone version and also comes with a unique feature, which goes by the name ?capture widget? that lets you jump straight to the recording screen from your home screen.
Vine for Android now allows you to browse and submit your short videos to 15 new channels. You can now share your favorite posts with all your followers on Vine in one single tap.
There is a new capture tool in the latest Vine for Android update. The grid overlay for the recording screen allows you to position shots more accurately, while the new ghost mode shows you a copy of the last frame from the previous shot. Lastly, there is a new focus button added.
The update version of Vine for Android can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Aggressive Debt Collector Pays $3.2M Fine
(Newser) ? It's a little solace perhaps for people besieged by phone calls morning, noon, and night by debt-collection firm Expert Global Solutions: The company agreed to pay the FTC a $3.2 million fine and ease up on the harassment of debtors, reports Reuters. It's the biggest such fine ever levied on a third-party debt collector. "They called after being asked to stop; after they promised to stop; early in the morning; late at night; at people's workplaces?when they knew the employers prohibited the calls," writes an FTC official.
Those types of tactics aren't just annoying, they're illegal under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the FTC Act, reports ABC News. Among the changes: The company and its subsidiaries will stop calling people if the debt is being disputed, at least until an investigation takes place. The company also has to record 75% of its calls and keep the recordings for at least three months. (Being a debt collector can be a lucrative job.)
Source: http://www.newser.com/story/170718/aggressive-debt-collector-pays-32m-fine.html
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Washington Monument To Illuminate As Earthquake Repairs Continue
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Maryland Life to cease publication
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Fallston Fieldhouse plan to be subject of community meeting Wednesday
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Ray Lewis works on new Under Armour ad
Under Armour in the first half of the year focused on areas like women's gear and non-cleat footwear. The company's share of those arenas is still minuscule, its marketing efforts still in nascent stages. But Under Armour knows not to stray too far from the sport -- and the feel -- that helped it grow into a $2 billion a year enterprise. It also knew whose influence it wanted to ...
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Baltimore Project To Fix Up Seniors? Homes To help Them Age In Place
BALTIMORE (AP) ? Alberta Hough struggles to feed herself a snack, her arms shaking badly from Parkinson?s disease. Days earlier, the 84-year-old fell while eating, sliding off her kitchen chair. The rest of Hough?s day isn?t much easier to navigate. She wobbles into a bathtub with no grab bar. Her feet catch on damaged floor tiles. Part of the banister she needs to ...
Consuming Interests Does the state of Md. owe you money
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Brown hires Obama adviser raises $1 million
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At 104 Towson resident retired doctor still plays golf
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Carroll Sheriffs Office arrests three after liquor store burglary
Carroll County Sheriff's Office has arrested three men in connection with a Sunday morning burglary at New Windsor Liquors. Two of the three men have also been connected to at least six commercial burglaries in the county over the last three months, including the June 6 burglary at the ...
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City marks 50th anniversary of desegregation of park
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Source: http://www.baltimorenews.net/index.php/sid/215696572/scat/57bb66ae98bf0999
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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What make theme parks popular vacation destinations?
Disney World's Big Thunder, 2008. Photo by author.
One of the hallmarks of the Fourth of July weekend here in the United States is that it?s a big travel weekend. Many people take advantage of the holiday to plan vacations (it?s an extra day off, after all). And if children are a part of the traveling troupe, theme parks are often popular destinations.
S is a huge fan of roller coasters. As a result, we usually make biannual trips to the Six Flags family of parks?the one in New Jersey is close enough to arrange group trips. And theme parks work their way into most of the trips we take if the opportunity presents itself. There was a fateful trip to Busch Garden in Williamsburg, Virginia where we were caught in a hurricane-like storm on our way back from the park. We were in a brand new car in zero visibility conditions, trying to figure out to close the sun roof while the rain poured in. Ah, this is the stuff that memories are made of!
I?ve only been to Disney World once. It was one of the first ?big? vacations that S and I took. It was an experience. Disney marketing isn?t kidding when they say it?s the happiest/most magical place on earth?it?s intense. And the experience stays with you. It?s the promise of this experience draws people: Disneyland receives approximately 10 million visitors annually (1). And lots of folks are repeat visitors. It may not be for everyone: I know people who absolutely refuse to have anything to do with the magic as well as some who aren?t comfortable around costumed representatives, but overall they seem to be in the minority given the volume of traffic these places experience. Researchers have suggested that Disney generates a successful experience because our brains are responsive and receptive to art, creativity, storytelling, humor, wit, music, fantasy, and morality, all of which may have been important to social development?and feature heavily in the ?Disney experience??and successful theme parks?in a rather amplified way.
Humans have large brains, which are really expensive to produce. Researchers have not yet determined why our brains are so large, but everything from diet to climate change to social competition to changes in gestation has been proposed. Geoffrey Miller, an evolutionary psychologist, suggested that big brains are a result of sexual selection. He argues that the brain is ?an entertainment system that evolved to stimulate other brains? in an effort to attract mates (2). Miller?s ?mating mind hypothesis? states
The large size of the brain evolved because mates (in most cases females) favoured a mate (in most cases males) with increased abilities to produce such aspects of culture as art, creativity, storytelling, humour, wit, music, fantasy, and morality (3).
These ?courtship tools? are meant to attract sexual partners. However, Miller?s hypothesis is not supported by the actual development of the human brain, which does not display the characteristics of a sexually selected trait. Two of the the major points of divergence that researchers Palmer and Coe discuss are the lack of sexual dimorphism and the actual growth of the brain. Male brains do not significantly differ from female brains:
Although there do appear to be clearly evolved sexual differences in specific parts of the brain directly related to mating (e.g., mate preferences, jealousy), there are no similarly striking differences related to production of and responsiveness to the traits he is attempting to explain (art, creativity, storytelling, humour, wit, music, fantasy, and morality) (4).
And if the brain were a sexually selected feature, it would become more prominent after puberty. This isn?t the case: The human brain weighs about 25% of its adult weight at birth, and it doubles in weight in about 6 months. At puberty, there isn?t another of these types of gains. The brain completes most of its development within the first few years of life.
As an alternative to understanding why specific forms of entertainment are so appealing, Palmer and Coe (2010) instead suggest they reflect parenting strategies intended to influence the behavior of offspring. The ?parenting mind hypothesis? proposes that the size of the human brain developed via natural selection in response to parental ability to influence behavior?big brains allowed offspring to store and replicate behaviors modeled by parents that enabled survival and reproduction (5). This latter hypothesis takes into account one possible reason why children develop language skills so early in life: language helps them receive information from their parents, which increases their fitness for survival.
Where does the Disney franchise fit in this discussion? Palmer and Coe propose that Disneyland (which is not Disney World, but I would imagine the experience is essentially the same: extreme stimulation of the senses) is an extension of the traits that are important to the parenting mind hypothesis:
Although Disneyland and fairy tales in general are often mistakenly seen as mere entertainment, they both clearly provide moral lessons. Pinocchio warns children not to tell a lie. Cinderella tells children that virtue has rewards, and the three pigs teach children about planning and industriousness (6).
They suggest that our susceptibility to these forms of entertainment allow Disneyland?and other forms of art and entertainment?to exist. But I would amend that to say that any potential susceptibility to these traits allows the Disney franchise and other good examples of art, creativity, storytelling, humor, wit, music, fantasy, and morality?such as movies and plays?to be successful because they help us construct (non-sexual) social connections around these messages which make them more effective. Packaged with interactive experiences, visitors get to live tales and the experiences create lasting memories because they reinforces messages we have already received previously.
In other parks, rides typically also have some sort of story or theme attached to them, even if they aren?t of the animated variety. For example, at Six Flags Great Adventure, the Kingda Ka roller coaster is designed to fit into a jungle theme. The entire experience contributes to this theme from the music played for waiting riders to the decorations to the name of the ride itself, which is a distant reference to a Bengal tiger housed in the nearby safari. While Disney can claim popular story lines, the actual tactical aspects of the theme park can also function similarly. Line management teaches patience and orderliness with the ride being the ultimate reward.
One of the things Palmer and Coe could have explored further is the connection between relationship building and the traits linked to the Disney experience. Art, creativity, storytelling, humor, wit, music, fantasy, and morality may be important elements in the relationships we develop and maintain?not in a sexual sense, but in terms of network building. The researchers touch upon this briefly in their conclusion, and it seems to warrant exploration because it has broad implications in terms of how our social networks are engaged with these traits. When we experience an instance of storytelling or humor or music with someone else, we?re creating a bond through that experience that helps define our places within our network relative to each other. Revisiting stories could then be an act of reaffirming ties?which could help us understand why people return to Disney theme parks and other forms of creative entertainment.
A version of this post appeared ?on the original home of Anthropology in Practice on March 8th, 2011.
Cited:
Craig T. Palmer, Kathryn Coe. (2010). Parenting, Courtship, Disneyland, and the Human Brain. International Journal of Tourism Anthropology, 1 (1), 1-14 DOI: 10.1504/IJTA.2010.036843
Notes:
1. Palmer and Coe 2010: 2 | 2. Palmer: 2 | 3. Palmer: 3 | 4. Palmer: 4 | 5. Palmer: 5 | 6. Palmer: 10
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Israel?s Channel 2 Refers To Silverstein Claims As ?Doubtful? and ?Dubious?
It looks like our work exposing the lies and untruths of anti-Israel blogger Richard Silverstein are finally paying off.
In a report dealing with last Thursday?s explosion at a major Syrian weapons depot in Latakia,?Israel?s Channel 2?says the following:
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This translates as:
?At the same time, the website ?Tikkun Olam? of Richard Silverstein posted that Israel attacked the port city.?Please note that the credibility of the website and reports it contains are doubtful.?
Doubtful or Doubtfire?
In the television report, Channel 2?s Ehud Yaari quotes Silverstein with the disclaimer that his claims are generally ?dubious.? (from 1:10)
Ironically, this is the image on Silverstein?s Twitter page:
Note the quote displayed.
I would suggest this is more appropriate:
Thanks to Benny for the heads up.
Previously on Israellycool:
Silverstein?s Few Minutes of Fame
Silverstein Lies In Attempt To Cash In On Israeli TV Appearance
Richard Silverstein Modifies His ?Wikileaks Of Israel? Claim
Filed Under: Aussie Dave
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Sunday, July 7, 2013
Want to take back the Senate? Pay up, GOP
Republican Senate leaders, sensing an opportunity to pick up several seats and possibly win the majority, have a blunt message for their GOP colleagues: Open your wallets.
For years, GOP senators have been stingy with the National Republican Senatorial Committee, refusing to make large transfers of money out of their personal campaign accounts that could help their party compete in neck-and-neck races across the country. For 2012, Democratic senators transferred nearly five times more to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee than Republicans gave to the NRSC.
Continue ReadingAnd just like last year, an initial look at the Senate map shows a path to the majority. It won?t be easy: Republicans will have to knock off well-financed Democratic incumbents, defend Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and limit the internecine primary warfare that has twice cost them a chance at the majority.
Top GOP senators say that?s exactly the point: Not maximizing the NRSC?s operations could be another unforced error. In short, without more money, you?ll still be in the minority.
?I?ve been constantly explaining to my colleagues, the importance of us coming together,? said NRSC Chairman Jerry Moran of Kansas. ?And dollars matter. And we need your help to put dollars in the bank.?
The Senate and House campaign committees have certainly been marginalized in recent election cycles with the growth of high-spending super PACs that can raise and dump unlimited sums of money to influence races across the country.
But the committees do play key roles in recruiting candidates, making tactical decisions and, of course, launching a barrage of 30-second attack ads in an attempt to shape perceptions of their respective opponents.
The NRSC had about $7 million in cash and raised $14 million through the end of May, compared with $9.6 million in the bank for the DSCC, which has received $22 million in contributions. To help make up the difference, NRSC leaders have scheduled a July 18 fundraising day when senators will be calling up donors directly seeking solicitations, with at least a dozen Republicans planning on attending, according to GOP aides.
?I think we should ask our members to do more, particularly in a year when we really do have an opportunity to gain seats,? said Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, the chief fundraiser for the NRSC.
That?s where senators like Alabama?s Richard Shelby enter the picture.
Shelby hasn?t had to worry about a tough reelection bid in years, but he?s sitting on a war chest of $17.7 million through the end of the first quarter, with no plans of making large transfers to the NRSC. He explained his lack of giving by pointing out that he?s appeared at fundraisers and made contributions to the committee through his leadership PAC.
But asked why he hasn?t transferred big bucks out of his massive war chest, Shelby said his donors wouldn?t be happy.
?I raise money out of my campaign for myself ? not for you or anyone else,? Shelby said. ?I tell my givers who it?s for. If they knew I was going to raise it to give it away, they probably wouldn?t give it away.?
Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/want-to-take-back-the-senate-pay-up-gop-93794.html
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